what is sociology?

What is Sociology? This article is designed primarily for those who are completely new to sociology and would like some help and guidance as to the exact nature of the subject-matter of sociology. However new you are to sociology it is probable that you have an idea, however vague and general, regarding what sociology is supposed to be about. It may be that you have an idea that sociology is 'about' people. And you would …

…enterprise which has for a long time failed to give adequate consideration to women's needs and issues. This has led to charges of it being ethnocentric. Furthermore it is significant that sociology is a male enterprise from its very beginnings. So sociology had its beginnings as a white, male, middle-class and European enterprise. If you are going to study it is up to you to determine the extent to which it has 'mended it ways'.